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health care website. while there's still plenty of questions to be answered, also enough finger pointing we're witnessing to go around. joining us off the bat the daily fix team chris cillizza, host of tv "in play." bureau chief susan page, fellow northwesterner. always get a club there. chris, start with you, officials testifying say all the responsibility for sticking with the october 1st rollout date was on the government agencies, specifically cms putting more spotlight on the administration and secretary sebelius. so did we learn anything new here? >> honestly not really, peter, i think this was a little bit of sort of the finger pointing blame game that can be expected when something that is this high-profile does as poorly in its inception as has been done, acknowledged by the president, many republicans. i honestly think what this is is sort of the appetizer to the main course, which is next week kathleen sebelius there will be more scrutiny of her, more questions i think she won't be able to put
health care website. while there's still plenty of questions to be answered, also enough finger pointing we're witnessing to go around. joining us off the bat the daily fix team chris cillizza, host of tv "in play." bureau chief susan page, fellow northwesterner. always get a club there. chris, start with you, officials testifying say all the responsibility for sticking with the october 1st rollout date was on the government agencies, specifically cms putting more spotlight on the...
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does that mean a clean bill of health for obama care. deputy senior adviser from the white house joins me from the north lawn. david, thank you very much. you set a fairly low bar, this vague working for majority that want to sign on and 50,000 could be served at one time, 800,000 in a day. is that good enough? what's the next step? >> so andrea, as you know, this is going to be a process of continuous improvement. compared to where we were in early october as jeff said yesterday it is night and day to the point we can handle a certain number of concurrent users. we're monitoring to make sure the system is stable, the response times are good, the error rates are continuously going down. we've set up a queueing system for those instances where there's overwhelming volume on the system to better manage the flow. we've set up anonymous shopping right on the home page of healthcare.gov so people can look at plans in a much more comprehensive way. based on what we learn, we continue to make these improvements. so by the time we get to the end
does that mean a clean bill of health for obama care. deputy senior adviser from the white house joins me from the north lawn. david, thank you very much. you set a fairly low bar, this vague working for majority that want to sign on and 50,000 could be served at one time, 800,000 in a day. is that good enough? what's the next step? >> so andrea, as you know, this is going to be a process of continuous improvement. compared to where we were in early october as jeff said yesterday it is...
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condition, president obama vows to fix the technical problems and defends the health care law. white house communications director jennifer palmeri joins us on the latest efforts to fix the glitches. >>> family feud. ted cruz isn't backing down from his defund obama care strategy. but the latest shutdown battle has some leading republicans outside of washington preaching patience. >> i think republicans need to just take a step back and allow -- show a little self-restraint and let this happen a little more organically. >> and change of heart? chris christie ends his standoff with the new jersey supreme court over same-sex marriage. we'll talk with the top lawyer at the human rights campaign about the key battleground states in this fight as new jersey becomes the 14th state to recognize gay marriage. >>> a very good monday to you. i'm kristen welker in washington today for andrea mitchell. for the first time since its launch, president barack obama formally addressed the rocky roll-out of his health care website today. take a look. >> nobody is madder than me about the fact th
condition, president obama vows to fix the technical problems and defends the health care law. white house communications director jennifer palmeri joins us on the latest efforts to fix the glitches. >>> family feud. ted cruz isn't backing down from his defund obama care strategy. but the latest shutdown battle has some leading republicans outside of washington preaching patience. >> i think republicans need to just take a step back and allow -- show a little self-restraint and...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius taking more fire from republicans over the health care rollout. the biggest single problem burning the obama white house, according to our polls. joining me now, susan page. 58% identified health care as their biggest objection and biggest concern. >> it's not only clear that it's their biggest concern when they look at the president, it's clear it's really hurting president obama's standing on issues like is he trustworthy, is he a strong leader, can he get things done. it has cost the president a lot. this last fall has been hard on kathleen sebelius, hard on barack obama as well. >> even though people are more positive now about the economy and the economy improving, they're not giving obama any credit, the president any credit for the economy. it seems to be sort of the backlash from the health care rollout. >> here's the hope the white house has. as the health care rollout goes a little better, and it is going better, if that continues, then people will notice more that the economy is working and be more willing to give presiden
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius taking more fire from republicans over the health care rollout. the biggest single problem burning the obama white house, according to our polls. joining me now, susan page. 58% identified health care as their biggest objection and biggest concern. >> it's not only clear that it's their biggest concern when they look at the president, it's clear it's really hurting president obama's standing on issues like is he trustworthy, is he a...
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as for him, he hasn't been a loyalist to obama. he didn't do a great job finance chair getting together a bipartisan -- at least semblance of bipartisan approach to health care, which is his big goal in life. didn't do it. we lost enzi, orrin hatch. remember that? there was a hope there. >> talking about in 2009 when the finance committee was -- >> a real grown-up approach to health care instead of partisan one. >> we will hear from the president shortly and thank you both very much. david gregory, chris matthews. part of the ceiling looking overseas part of the ceiling at london's 112-year-old apollo theatre in that city's west end crashed down onto the audience bringing down sections of the balcony injuring 76 people. fortunately no fatalities and it happened 45 minutes into the performance. chunks of plaster and wooden beams on the audience causing panic and confusion. >> loud bang. i think it was an explosion and the ceiling came down. dust, chandelier, wood and all of that stuff and landed on five or six rows. >> we thought it
as for him, he hasn't been a loyalist to obama. he didn't do a great job finance chair getting together a bipartisan -- at least semblance of bipartisan approach to health care, which is his big goal in life. didn't do it. we lost enzi, orrin hatch. remember that? there was a hope there. >> talking about in 2009 when the finance committee was -- >> a real grown-up approach to health care instead of partisan one. >> we will hear from the president shortly and thank you both...
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the online exchanges for obama care. according to the white house 15 million people have visited the site since it opened october 1st but only a small fraction have been able to sign up for health insurance. will the administration be able to get up and running smoothly any time soon? tom costello has details. >> reporter: if the osh care website were a patient, it would probably be in intensive care by now. more than two weeks after its rollout healthcare.gov is getting failing grades from supporters. >> i hope they fired people in charge of making sure this thing was supposed to work. >> reporter: and the white house itself. >> despite the glitches we acknowledge and absolutely must be fixed, people are getting on and enrolling. >> reporter: "the washington post" called it a complete train wreck. milwaukee journal sentinel said the administration needs to fix the problems and fix it now. when you see this as a software programmer, what does it say to you? >> amateur hour. looks like it's created by someone whose never
the online exchanges for obama care. according to the white house 15 million people have visited the site since it opened october 1st but only a small fraction have been able to sign up for health insurance. will the administration be able to get up and running smoothly any time soon? tom costello has details. >> reporter: if the osh care website were a patient, it would probably be in intensive care by now. more than two weeks after its rollout healthcare.gov is getting failing grades...
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was keeping mandala in his prayers. >> we're all deeply concerned with nelson mandala's health. he's a hero i think to all of us. he has given everything to his people, the people of south africa. to the people of the continent and he's ended up being an inspiration to all of us, when you think of a single individual that embodies the kind of leadership qualities that i think we all aspire to. the first name that comes up is nelson mandala. >> nbc's keir simmons joins me from johannesburg. what's the latest? >> hi, andrea, good afternoon. it does appear to be positive news, which will be welcome news to the millions around the world, including president obama who are watching and waiting to find out who nelson mandala is doing. south africa's president zuma is issuing a statement today, saying he is making steady progress and that he even enjoyed a full breakfast this morning. so it does look as if doctors are very happy with how he's doing. there's been little sign of anyone here at his home in johannesburg today. we assume that he will likely spend a third night in the hospita
was keeping mandala in his prayers. >> we're all deeply concerned with nelson mandala's health. he's a hero i think to all of us. he has given everything to his people, the people of south africa. to the people of the continent and he's ended up being an inspiration to all of us, when you think of a single individual that embodies the kind of leadership qualities that i think we all aspire to. the first name that comes up is nelson mandala. >> nbc's keir simmons joins me from...
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one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. >>> president obama says any possible negotiations between the afghan government and the taliban won't be easy. the recent comments from hamid karzai coupled with the taliban claiming responsibility for four american troops in eastern afghanistan underscores that message, putting the u.s. delegation in a very difficult position. nbc's dunn gan goal skon any is live in kabul. we know the u.s. wants to begin peace talks in the next few days. is that going to happen? >> reporter: it might do because late today our time president car sigh said he would send delegates to qatar, but first waiting for formal assurances from the united states. this goes back to how the announcements were made on tuesday. back then it looked like a major diplomatic coup, the united states and the taliban sitting down for the first time for open negotiations and peace talks. but president karzai was immediately angered by
one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. >>> president obama says any possible negotiations between the afghan government and the taliban won't be easy. the recent comments from hamid karzai coupled with the taliban claiming responsibility for four american troops in eastern afghanistan underscores that message, putting the u.s. delegation in...